Risbecia pulchella

Risbecia pulchella

Risbecia pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Risbecia
Species:	R. pulchella
Binomial name
*Risbecia pulchella* (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)^[1]
Synonyms
Chromodoris pulchella (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828) Doris pulchella Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828 (Basionym)

Risbecia pulchella is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Description

The body size varies between 80 mm and 110 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian ocean along the Comores, Réunion, Kenya and Tanzania to Thailand and the Philippines.

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